Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1120. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act, and yield myself such time as I may consume. America's workplaces are facing significant challenges. Consumer demand…

Mr. Speaker, before I yield to our next speaker, I would just note that the remarks made by my good friend and colleague, frankly, I believe, ignore the reality of the crisis that currently exists. No one, employer, worker, or union, can…

Mr. Speaker, I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to a member of the committee, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie).

We have put things in place, like the Medical Loss Ratio that have actually bent the cost curve on the cost of insurance thus far.

Half of the bankruptcies in this country have been because of medical costs; half.

I hope that we can come to agreement on this and make it work in the private sector as well

What I heard publicly is that the price, we were bending the cost curve.

I have talked to the President about the importance of helping Minnesota maintain Minnesota Care.

That is the whole point of this thing is so that Ms. Cook can get treated for cancer when she is 28 years old.

The President never said it would go down as an absolute.

Bending the cost curve does not mean that the President promised to bring premiums down.

We have seen nearly 13 million Americans, 12.8 million Americans, benefit from rebates because the insurance companies have to rebate when they don't get there.

Nobody was saying, nobody was saying that the cost of health care per person was going to go down.

The State Health Insurance Marketplaces will offer millions of families and small businesses affordable, comprehensive health insurance for the first time.

This is why I ran. There is a woman in Fergus Falls, MN who has diabetes.

I was disappointed when HHS in its final rule on the reinsurance program chose to exclude State high risk pools from the program.

I am saying that in the last 3 years since we have passed the Affordable Care Act, we have had the lowest increase in insurance premiums than we have had in about 50 years.